The Best Example 09 The Leader Messenger ﷺ as a Politician

The Prophet (saw) said,
"The Bani Israeel had their political affairs looked after by the Prophets (as). Whenever a Prophet (as) died, another Prophet succeeded him. There is no Prophet after me."

Thus, the mission of the Messenger ﷺ was to look after the affairs of the Ummah, both within the state he ﷺ established, and outside of it, according to the Shariah rulings of Islam.

Political manifestations appeared in the life of the Messenger ﷺ, through his many political actions, as he ﷺ laid the foundations of the first political state based on the Islamic aqeedah.

He ﷺ built the masjid and made it the headquarters of the head of state in which were held the assembly of ruling, the assembly of judiciary, the majlis of shura (consultation), and the council for managing the affairs of the state were held.

Among the most prominent actions of looking after the domestic affairs was that he ﷺ issued a political mithaaaq (charter) that regulated relations between Muslims in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah. There were brotherhoods between the Muhajireen and the Ansar and other matters.

Among the most prominent foreign policies was that he ﷺ regulated international relations from treaties, negotiations, Jihad to spread the Dawah of Islam, political maneuvers, amongst other actions.

Thus, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ outlined, for the Muslims and the Islamic Ummah after him, these political guidelines emanating from the Islamic aqeedah for Muslims to follow after him.

The noble Companions (ra) persisted upon these guidelines, as did the Taabioon who followed them, and as do those who followed them in goodness until the Day of Judgment.

The Muslims continued to carry Islam spiritually and politically because the Islamic aqeedah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ brought is both a spiritual and political aqeedah.

Yes, “Indeed you have in the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the best example.”

الرّسولُ السّیاسیُ
كانت بنو إسرائيل تسوسهم الأنبياء كلما هلك نبي خلفه نبي وإنه لا نبي بعده وهكذا كانت مهمة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم رعاية شؤون الأمة داخل الدولة التي أقامها وخارجها بحسب أحكام الإسلام ظهرت التجليات السياسية في حياة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم بأعماله السياسية الكثيرة حيث أرسى قواعد أول دولة سياسية قائمة على العقيدة الإسلامية فبنى المسجد وجعله مقراً لرئيس الدولة فيه يعقد مجلس الحكم ومجلس القضاء ومجلس الشورى ومجلس إدارة شؤون الدولة وكان من أبرز أعمال رعاية شؤون الداخل أن أصدر صلى الله عليه وسلم ميثاقاً سياسياً ينظم العلاقات بين المسلمين في المدينة المنورة وكانت المؤاخات بين المهاجرين والأنصار وغيرها ومن أبرز السياسات الخارجية أن نظم العلاقات الدولية من معاهدات ومفاوضات وجهاد لنشر دعوة الإسلام ومناورات سياسية وغيرها وهكذا خط رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم للمسلمين ولأمة الإسلام من بعده هذه الخطوط السياسية المنبثقة من العقيدة الإسلامية ليسير عليها المسلمون من بعده وقد سار عليها الصحابة الكرام رضوان الله عليهم وتابعوهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين واستمر المسلمون يحملون الإسلام حملاً روحياً وحملاً سياسياً لأن عقيدة الإسلام التي جاء بها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عقيدة روحية سياسية نعم لقد كان لكم في رسول الله أسوة حسنة